256 (number)

256 (two hundred [and] fifty-six) is the natural number following 255 and preceding 257.

← 255 256 257 →
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Cardinaltwo hundred fifty-six
Ordinal256th
(two hundred fifty-sixth)
Factorization28
Greek numeralΣΝϚ´
Roman numeralCCLVI
Binary1000000002
Ternary1001113
Octal4008
Duodecimal19412
Hexadecimal10016

In mathematics

256 is a composite number, with the factorization 256 = 28, which makes it a power of two.

  • 256 is 4 raised to the 4th power, so in tetration notation 256 is 24.[1]
  • 256 is a perfect square (162).
  • 256 is the only 3-digit number that is zenzizenzizenzic. It is 2 to the 8th power or .
  • 256 is the lowest number that is a product of eight prime factors.

Removing the 6 from 256 yields 25 which is another perfect square.

In computing

One octet (in most cases one byte) is equal to eight bits and has 28 or 256 possible values, counting from 0 to 255. The number 256 often appears in computer applications (especially on 8-bit systems) such as:

(2256 = 115,792,089,237,316,195,423,570,985,008,687,907,853,269,984,665,640,564,039,457,584,007,913,129,639,936 exactly).[5]

  • Number of bits in the SHA-256 cryptographic hash.
  • The branding number of nVidia's GeForce 256

In other fields

256 is also:

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